Career Scope In Geo Informatics Along With Course Details

Defining Geoinformatics

Geoinformatics is a speedily growing industry that is piquing interest of researchers and enthusiasts all across the world. As far as India is concerned, there is great demand for adept professionals in areas of Geographic Information System (GIS) and remote sensing. Therefore, all those planning to pursue B.Sc. or M. Sc. In Geoinformatics can count on a hotspot career for themselves in near future. However, in our country, usage of Geo Informatics has been on a very basic level till date. The field of remote sensing has developed in last twenty five years and is largely being applied on disaster management, traffic management, defense, irrigation, infrastructure development, agriculture, forestry, and a few others.

Geoinformatics is a distinct branch of science that uses as well as developed information science architecture and infrastructure to sort out problems related with geosciences and all related branches. Geo-informatics techniques includes Remote Sensing, Geographic Information Systems (GIS), Global Positioning Systems (GPS) as well as Spatial decision aiding systems. The complete knowledge of Geoinformatics includes that of geospatial modeling as well as analysis, designing of information systems, and geospatial database development. It is largely a technique of developing multiple layers of huge data, which leads to creation of a 3-D system helping in taking better decisions.

Courses:

There are a number of premier institutes in India that are offering graduate as well as post-graduate level courses in this respect. Here a synopsis of major courses offered:

• Bachelor of Engineering (B.E.) Geo Informatics

• Masters of Technology (M.Tech) Remote Sensing

• Masters of Engineering (M.E.) Geo Informatics

• Masters of Science (M. Sc. ) Geo Informatics

• Bachelor of Science (B.Sc.) Geo Informatics

Job Postings

Once qualified, you can get a job in this field as research scholar, technical assistants, project scientist, project coordinator, database administrator, cartographic designer, geographer, geospatial software engineer, GIS analyst Environment. GIS programmer, GIS business analyst, GIS application specialist, GIS mapping assistant, GIS mapping technician, GIS data specialist, consultant, business development managers, GIS engineers, GIS technicians, GIS operators as well as digitisers.

Jobs In Public Sector

The government organizations where you expect to work after getting qualified as a prospective Geo Informatics professionals are National Remote Sensing Centre (NRSC), Indian Space Research Organization (ISRO), Ministry of Defence, Ministry of Environment, Survey of India, Geological Survey of India, Department of Science and Technology, Forest Survey of India, IARI, NRSA, NESAC, RRSAC, Central Government associated organizations, Space Application Centers, Geoinformatics centers, and several others.

Where Can You Pursue A Degree From?

Although there are a number of reputed institutes in India that are offering courses in this stream now, we will be talking about a specific one. Symbiosis Institute of Geoinformatics (SIG) is a Symbiosis University sister concerns that is currently offering a number of courses pertaining to this field including M.Sc. in Geo Informatics, Certificate Courses in Spatial Economics, Photegrammetry, Remote Sensing, and M. Tech in Geoinformatics. You can always visit the official site http://sig.ac.in for more details and admission specifics.

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